{"product_id":"happy-hour-is-for-amateurs-a-lost-decade-in-the-worlds-worst-profession-isbn-9780061349492","title":"Happy Hour Is for Amateurs: A Lost Decade in the World's Worst Profession","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"\u003e“I was fired from my first legal job within a month, and this book explains why it was the best thing to ever happen to me.”\u003cbr\u003e—Tucker Max, author of \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eI Hope They Serve Beer in Hell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"\u003e\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"\u003eThe anonymous author who calls himself “The Philadelphia Lawyer” is an enormously popular blogger with an enthusiastic online fan base. With \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eHappy Hour is for Amateurs, \u003c\/i\u003ehe brings his hilarious, biting, spot-on rants, revelations, and remembrances to the printed page. Part \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eOffice Space\u003c\/i\u003e, part Howard Stern—with a bit of Bukowski thrown in for good measure—\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eHappy Hour is for Amateurs \u003c\/i\u003eis a drunken and debauched tour through the courtrooms, bars, and bedrooms of the American legal system. As The Philadelphia Lawyer’s subtitle so succinctly puts it, “Work Sucks. Life Doesn’t Have To.”\u003c\/span\u003e | \u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor some people, happy hour is never enough\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a book about escape. It's also about laughing gas. And bourbon and dope and sex and mushrooms and every other vice millions of us indulge in to forget our jobs, the office, and the stifling, corporate caricatures we're forced to become for paychecks. This is a book about a decade lost in a senseless career no one likes and all the ridiculous things I did to run from it. In the end, it's probably your story as much as mine. We're everywhere. We just can't say it out loud.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“A rollicking, booze-fueled joyride through the dark underbelly of the American legal system.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrank Kelly Rich, author of The Modern Drunkard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Raucous, hilarious, and disturbing in all the right ways. I got drunk just reading this book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA.J. Baime, Executive Editor, Playboy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The Philadelphia Lawyer leaps off the printed page like a seersuckered superhero -- a literary lothario Hunter S. Thompson would have been proud to call ‘Counselor.’” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Ebner, co-author of Hollywood Interrupted\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I was fired from my first legal job within a month, and this book explains why it was the best thing to ever happen to me.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTucker Max, author of I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Nihilistic...his critiques of his profession are pointed and astute.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Takes sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll deep into the bowels of modern law. If justice is blind, then The Philadelphia Lawyer is the pop culture’s new canine guide for the visually impaired...intensely insightful.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Drinking, drugging and the ungallant pursuit of the female form...the author serves up some raucous fun and boozy amusement -- just like any happy hour.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889599017189,"sku":"NP9780061349492","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061349492.jpg?v=1730231577","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/happy-hour-is-for-amateurs-a-lost-decade-in-the-worlds-worst-profession-isbn-9780061349492","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}